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Embedded Linux Software Engineer – Robotics Platform (DeviceOS)

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $166,000–$166,000🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Own the boot path and hardware-software boundary for autonomous robotic systems, ensuring deterministic hardware enumeration and reliable operation of custom carrier boards and NVIDIA Jetson modules.

Role type

Senior embedded Linux software engineer (robotics platform)

Builds

Unified, highly reliable operating system and hardware-enablement platform for autonomous aerial systems and Sentry Towers

Domain

Defense technology / Robotics / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Embedded Linux platform sustainment, boot chain expertise (U-Boot, EDK2, device trees, kernel), C programming, hardware debugging (schematics, logic analyzers), kernel driver development, automated HIL testing

Preferred skills

Nix/NixOS, NVIDIA Jetson/Tegra BSP, low-level platform security (secure boot, HAB/TPM), upstream open-source contributions

Technologies

Linux, C, Rust, C++, U-Boot, EDK2, NixOS, NVIDIA Jetson, Python, Bash

Responsibilities

Debug boot failures on deployed hardware, customize and sustain vendor BSPs, ensure deterministic hardware availability, maintain long-lived signed boot chains, automate HIL test suites, perform deep hardware/software root-cause analysis

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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